Our family has always been a fan of Korean Food, especially the barbeque cuisines. Complemented with the kimchi, the dishes is definitely a nice change from the Chinese dishes we are accustomed to on the normal days.

Since it was a public holiday on the Merdeka Day, we decided to cross over to the mainland to visit the newly opened Jusco Bandar Perda in Bukit Mertajam, Penang on our food hunt. This time around, we decided to visit Che Go Korean BBQ Restaurant. Getting there was the easy part but the jam upon entering the complex was deafening. After finding a car park and with growling tummies, we quickly find our way to the restaurant.

Most of the eateries were packed, and a line of customers were waiting for tables. We finally got ours at a nice little corner after waiting for twenty minutes. The staffs were way too busy to recommend their specialities, so we just flicked upon the rather large-size menu and took our pick ourselves.

There are a few sets of bbq that customers can take advantage of ranging from RM78 to RM168. A set is inclusive of a few dishes and is much cheaper compare to ordering the dishes individually. We had the spare ribs bbq set which are provided with six plates of appetizers which is refillable – kimchi, cucumber, long beans, kacang botol, brinjal and bayam leaves plus the rest of the dishes.

The dishes that this spare rib bbq set comprises looked simply delicious and the real deal didn’t disappoint.

Over at this restaurant and similarly in many Korean joints, the food is cook on a metal plate over a gas cooker located at the center of the table by the waiter. We had the pleasure to sit back and watch the food being cooked and at the same time enjoying ourselves eating the tastefully cooked marinated beef.

The is the fried Korean Seafood Pancake. A really simple dish of egg with vegetables and seafood but the combination turns out to be delicious.

Another dish was the Hot Pot Chicken with Bipim Bab (a version of claypot rice). Our family found the taste of this dish rather bland. Then came the Korean Chicken Ginseng Soup. The chicken was stuffed with glutinous rice, Chinese chestnut and boiled with ginseng strands and red dates. The taste was very herbalist and some might not be accustomed to these strong ginseng smell.

Special Korean Rice Cake. The rice cake which is a bit chewy is stir fried in a slightly spicy and sweet chili sauce with large prawns together with pieces of squid and fish cake. This dish is unusual and it was our favourite.

Finally, the Seaweed Soup with Dumpling. Nothing much to shout about for this dish, just a few dumplings in a simple Miso Soup (do Koreans have Miso Soup anyway?). The dumplings were quite thick-skinned, literally. Just a nice compliment for the meal as we already had the Ginseng Chicken soup.

This bbq set does not include complimentary fruits and desserts as compare to other outlets that we had patronized previously.

On the bright side, the cold green tea that we had with this delicious and fuss-free dinner is refillable at RM2 per glass. We found most of the dishes sufficient in taste and hence not too much additional sauces is required.

A very satisfied mom with an even satisfied son.

My hubby still prefer the Korea Palace BBQ Restaurant in Tanjong Tokong because the appetizers are marinated much tastier and they uses charcoal instead of gas. He favour charcoal as it really enhances the taste of the meat as compared to gas which is more likened to pan-fry style.

i am planning to go to the bandar perda jusco one dya during my off day, which will be weekday and not weekends. like penang tua pui mentioned, weekend will pack with many people and i don’t really like crowded place.

i seldom go for korean food. the food u have look nice and delicious. will try and see in the future.

Hi CK Lam, you in Penang? I love Penang…your beautiful pics here sure look delicious, can get the aroma from here.

Old days I just enjoyed working, staying in Penang…for the fabulous food and ahemmm, the gentle charms of Penang women, minus their war paint of course..that 'bedak sejuk' quite often see on women's faces.

When I read, see or hear of Penang, beautiful memories come back to me, and infact only last week I posted about Penang, re..ahem, ex-girlfriends, "My past caught up to me".

I love the E&O hotel, Gurney Drive…Batu Ferringhi and especially driving around Penang Island around midnight on a moonlight night….

There are two things about Penang, memories that will not go rusty….Penang on a moonlight night, and New Year's eve on board a Penang ferry when ships blast their horns, as well seeing fireworks in the distance….and of course, a lovely Penang lady by my side….I just love Penang.You have a great week, and keep well, Lee.

Ps, Good looking hubby you have and he sure has an attractive wife. A lovely Penang lady.

There seems to be an influx of Korean restaurants in Penang recently…I never try any of them though because everytime I go home, I only eat hawker food, when I eat out, I usually eat at Choo Char places. If I eat at restaurants, then I go to visit my sponsor Shanghai Ding because they always make some very good stuff for me.

I love the Korean spicy rice cake dish.. and this one has the added bonus of very scrumptious-looking prawns! I don’t know about driving all the way to BM for this though – like to stay on the island when I’m back for a break!

BTW, I won’t be able to make it to your Edelweiss floggers’ meet Just confirmed today… since going back for Raya, too close to the 27th weekend. Next time lah.

CK,I’m the ur frequent reader of ur blog, thanks for ur effort to share so much of delicious food in penang. I’m also a Korean food lover, I have tried the food of Korean palace that u recommended, but I found the korean food of gurney sunrise seoul garden is more delicious and the price is more reasonable. If u have chance, pls try. I’m sorry if u r not happy about my comments.

Anonymous – I am happy to see your comment in my blog. In fact,I went to Seoul Garden in Sunrise building last week but unfortunately I don’t seem to be able to get a parking space on that night…after that I went to another restaurant.

CK, this korean food so so only. So, I think that u should go to autocity at Juru to try another two korean food. one at autoworld call ta zhang jin, one at autocity phase 3 near by the sakea tepanyaki..both very nice to eat..

I’m a big fan of Korean and Japanese cuisine. The best BBQ restaurant for me is KNK Yakiniku located on the second floor of a row of shop houses next to Island Plaza. Below KNK is a tepanyaki restaurant. Don’t miss it!

My favorite Korean Restaurant is Han Kok Kun which located inside the Ferringhi Beach Hotel. After the hotel changed its name to Metro Majestic Hotel, i never been there. Is this restaurant still there?